Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-10-26

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closed promptly. UNION Co. BANK,
Elk Point. d. 4.
Adolf and Henry Loot, who re-
Gently sold their butcher shop in
this city to Curry Bros, left yester-
day morning forSan Francisco, CAL,
where they will 60 into the butcher
business.
A team of colts belonging to Jos.
Coverdale took a promenade around
town last Friday all by themselves,
which ended in the buggy, to which
they were hitched, being pretty well
smashed.
Father Hines, of Elk Point, was
in town last Tuesday, looking after
the interests of the Episcopal Mis-
sion in Vermillion. He is arrang-
ing to hold services here during the
| winter.-V3rmiuion Republican.
Mrs. Ward Mallory was up from
Sioux City yesterday, making ar
rangements whereby she and Mr..
Mallory will move back to this city
in a few weeks. Their many friends
will give them a hearty welcome to
their old home.
Geo. Groves, living near Burbank,
raised 24O bushels of onions this
year, off from about half an acre of
ground. These onions, if sold at an
average of seventy-five cents per
bushel, would bring $50, which
makes them rather a profitable crop.
A farmer advises us to say for the
benefit of those who are interested,
that dry slack lime sprinkled owe
potatoes will prevent them from rot
ting. He has used this simple re-
cipe for many years, and has thus
saved his potatoes when many have
lost theirs.-Er.
Miss Mary Hines returned home
last Thursday from her visit with
friends and relatives in Senega,
Kansas. She will Immediately take
her old class in music, and is better
prepared than ever to teach, having
attended a conservatory of music in
Boston for several months.
Banner Osborne had a narrow es-
cape from death by choke-damp one
day last week. He and Peter Car
ter were digging a well near Calliope
when Banner, who was at the bot.
tom of the well, was overcome by
the choke-damp, and bnt for the
aid of Pete. would have persisted.
The many friends of Rev. d. Ri
fenbark will benleased to know that
he has been returned by the confer
ence to this place as pastor Of the
NJ. f. church. ,Mr. Riienbark has
labored faithfully and conscientious
~ in our midst for the past year,
and our citizens give him a cordial
welcome home.
1t has been ascertained by an OBJ
serving person that flocks of poultry
which have guinea fowls among
them are V interfered with by
chicken thieves. The guinea is al
ways on the alert, and the least dis
turbance will cause it to make a very
large cutlery well known to farmers.
This fowl should be found on every
farm and in every hen roost.-Er.
Public Meeting.
Hon. Hugh !. Campbell, Of Yank-
ton, will address a public meeting in
Elk Point, on Thursday evening,
November 3D., 1887, upon the sub
iect of the division Of the territory.
1t is desired that all those opposed
to division or not understanding the
question thoroughly, be present and
| hear the matter discussed in all it's
phases. Farmers are invited to come
in.
If parents would encourage the
children to pay more attention. to
the reading of newspapers by sub
scribing for and taking n of them
into the family, they would soon dis
cover how much faster their children
would increase their stock of knowl-
edge. Books soon become monoto-
nous to the child, while a newspa-
ppr is fresh once n week. aud is looI;.